True to its Gaullist legacy, France has always been wary of becoming too dependent on the Western world’s great superpower.

While Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is already plagued by criticism and sinking poll numbers at home, his EU ...

The proposal is both surprising, given France was an outspoken opponent of TTIP — a proposed transatlantic trade deal that ...

Germany’s incoming leader Friedrich Merz quickly passed a massive fiscal package, representing a seismic shift for the ...

In first sit-down interviews since securing a deal to form the next German government, Merz lays out his foreign policy ...

For years, Germany had been seen as the leading light of Europe — both politically and economically powerful, and with a figurehead in the form of Angela Merkel who was instantly recognizable on the ...

The Russian government would see the delivery and use of this weapon as a declaration of war. No one can guarantee that it will not respond with attacks on German targets.

There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the ...

Leader of the CDU/CSU bloc that won the German parliamentary elections and candidate for the post of German Chancellor ...

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, who may soon become Europe’s most powerful politician, his popularity is ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz strongly condemned a Russian attack in northeastern Ukraine that killed more ...

BERLIN — The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country's next leader, if all the ...